Associations to the word «Suspended»

SUSPENDED, adjective. Caused to stop for a while; interrupted or delayed.

SUSPENDED, adjective. Hung from above.

SUSPENDED, adjective. (botany) (of an ovule) Attached slightly below the summit of the ovary.

SUSPENDED, adjective. (of coffee, food, etc.) Paid for but not consumed by a customer, so that it can be given to a less fortunate person.

SUSPENDED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of suspend

SUSPENDED ANIMATION, noun. A temporary cessation of breathing and consciousness resembling death; often the result of asphyxia.

SUSPENDED ANIMATION, noun. (science fiction) The deliberate slowing of the body's functions, sometimes by the use of cryonics, on long interstellar journeys.

SUSPENDED CYMBAL, noun. (musical instruments) a cymbal that is suspended horizontally and usually played with one or two sticks

SUSPENDED CYMBALS, noun. Plural of suspended cymbal

SUSPENDED SENTENCE, noun. (legal) A sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force.

SUSPENDED, adjective. (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; "suspended matter such as silt or mud..."; "dust particles suspended in the air"; "droplets in suspension in a gas".